[at-l] Appalachian Trail Mate software

[Jason Ball <jball65@shaw.ca> (Jason Ball)]

When I read the subject, for some reason I though of Chuck Woolery and shows
like blind date. Hmmmm.

Jakealoo
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From: "Clark" <icw39@ncfreedom.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Appalachian Trail Mate software


> This CD was my most useful thru-hike planning tool; as my 2001 hike went
> on, I ended up mailing all the maps and guidebooks home, and relied
> solely on a printout I made using the Trailmate CD, plus a few pages at
> a time from the ALDHA trail companion.  While that obviously is not for
> everyone, I honestly can say that the only time I was lost at all on the
> AT was when I used my compass - seriously!  On that one occasion, I
> simply forgot that when the ALDHA companion narrative uses the terms
> "east" and "west," it has nothing to do with actual compass headings,
> but rather simply means - for example - that if you are a NOBO hiker and
> need to turn right to reach a country store, hostel, etc. listed in the
> ALDHA guide, the guide will always label that a turn to the "east" - no
> matter what direction you actually are heading in per your compass. . .
>
> thru-thinker
>
> Linda Patton wrote:
>
> > Bought the Appalachian Trail Mate CD at the Gathering and just tried
> > it out for the first time using a trip I had already done and found
> > it easy and fun.  It doesn't claim to have all the detail in the
> > guidebooks, but for that particular section hike had enough waypoints
> > to work out the trip to my satisfaction.  And it was fun. -- eArThworm
> > --
> > Linda L. Patton, Reference Librarian, Strozier Library, Florida State
Univ.
> >       Tallahassee, FL 32306-2047 (850)644-5019 lpatton@mailer.fsu.edu
> >           "A world without wilderness is a cage." -- David Brower
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